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In addition, the Director of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion for the Commonwealth and the Chairmen of the Virginia-Asian Advisory Board, the Latino Advisory Board, the Virginia African American Advisory Board, and the Council on Women, or their designees, shall serve ex officio with nonvoting privileges. Nonlegislative citizen members of the Board shall be residents of the Commonwealth.\n\t\t\tEx officio members shall serve terms consistent with their terms of office.B\n\nAfter the initial staggering of terms, nonlegislative citizen members shall be appointed for a term of four years. Appointments to fill vacancies shall be for the unexpired terms. No nonlegislative citizen member shall serve more than two consecutive four-year terms; however, the remainder of any term to which a member is appointed to fill a vacancy shall not constitute a term in determining the member’s eligibility for reappointment.C\n\nThe Board shall elect from its membership a chairman and vice-chairman. A majority of the members of the Board shall constitute a quorum. Meetings of the Board shall be limited to four per year and shall be held upon the call of the chairman or whenever the majority of the members so request.D\n\nMembers of the Board shall receive no compensation for their services but shall be reimbursed for all reasonable and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their duties as provided in §§ 2.2-2813 and 2.2-2825.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":280922,"text":"The Board shall consist of 18 nonlegislative citizen members appointed by the Governor who represent or have experience with the faith community; local government; the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service; law-enforcement agencies; health, mental health, housing and workforce development organizations; organizations serving youth and the elderly; organizations providing legal services for immigrants; and educational institutions and institutions of higher education. In addition, the Director of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion for the Commonwealth and the Chairmen of the Virginia-Asian Advisory Board, the Latino Advisory Board, the Virginia African American Advisory Board, and the Council on Women, or their designees, shall serve ex officio with nonvoting privileges. Nonlegislative citizen members of the Board shall be residents of the Commonwealth.\n\t\t\tEx officio members shall serve terms consistent with their terms of office.","type":"section","prefixes":["A"],"prefix":"A","entire_prefix":"A","prefix_anchor":"A","level":1,"next_prefix":"B"},"1":{"id":280923,"text":"After the initial staggering of terms, nonlegislative citizen members shall be appointed for a term of four years. Appointments to fill vacancies shall be for the unexpired terms. 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This law was first created in 2020. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters 1078<\/a> and 1079<\/a> of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":71377,"section_number":"2.2-2813","catch_line":"Definitions; compensation and expense payments from state funds for service on collegial bodies","order_by":null,"url":"\/2.2-2813\/"},{"id":73173,"section_number":"2.2-2825","catch_line":"Reimbursement for certain travel expenditures; restrictions on reimbursement","order_by":null,"url":"\/2.2-2825\/"}],"permalink":{"id":174967,"object_type":"law","relational_id":78381,"identifier":"2.2-2497","token":"2.2\/I\/D\/24\/28\/2.2-2497","url":"\/2.2-2497\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/2.2-2497\/","token":"2.2\/I\/D\/24\/28\/2.2-2497","dublin_core":{"Title":"Membership; terms; compensation and expenses","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 2.2-2497","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> The Board shall consist of 18 nonlegislative citizen members appointed by the Governor who represent or have experience with the faith community; local government; the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service; law<\/span>-enforcement agencies; health, mental health, housing and workforce development organizations; organizations serving youth and the elderly; organizations providing legal services for immigrants; and educational institutions and institutions of higher education. In addition, the Director of Diversity, Equity<\/span> and Inclusion for the Commonwealth and the Chairmen of the Virginia-Asian Advisory Board, the Latino Advisory Board, the Virginia African American Advisory Board, and the Council on Women, or their designees, shall serve ex officio with nonvoting privileges<\/span>. Nonlegislative citizen members of the Board shall be residents of the Commonwealth.\n\t\t\tEx officio members shall serve terms consistent with their terms of office. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> After the initial staggering of terms, nonlegislative citizen members shall be appointed for a term of four years. Appointments to fill vacancies shall be for the unexpired terms. No nonlegislative citizen member shall serve more than two consecutive four-year terms; however, the remainder of any term to which a member is appointed to fill a vacancy shall not constitute a term in determining the member’s eligibility for reappointment. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

C.<\/span> The Board shall elect from its membership a chairman and vice-chairman. A majority of the members of the Board shall constitute a quorum. Meetings of the Board shall be limited to four per year and shall be held upon the call of the chairman or whenever the majority of the members so request. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

D.<\/span> Members of the Board shall receive no compensation for their services but shall be reimbursed for all reasonable and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their duties as provided in §§ 2.2-2813<\/a> and 2.2-2825<\/a>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nMEMBERSHIP; TERMS; COMPENSATION AND EXPENSES (\u00a7 2.2-2497)\n\nA. The Board shall consist of 18 nonlegislative citizen members appointed by the\nGovernor who represent or have experience with the faith community; local\ngovernment; the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service; law-enforcement\nagencies; health, mental health, housing and workforce development\norganizations; organizations serving youth and the elderly; organizations\nproviding legal services for immigrants; and educational institutions and\ninstitutions of higher education. In addition, the Director of Diversity, Equity\nand Inclusion for the Commonwealth and the Chairmen of the Virginia-Asian\nAdvisory Board, the Latino Advisory Board, the Virginia African American\nAdvisory Board, and the Council on Women, or their designees, shall serve ex\nofficio with nonvoting privileges. Nonlegislative citizen members of the Board\nshall be residents of the Commonwealth.\n\t\t\tEx officio members shall serve terms consistent with their terms of office.\n\nB. After the initial staggering of terms, nonlegislative citizen members shall\nbe appointed for a term of four years. Appointments to fill vacancies shall be\nfor the unexpired terms. No nonlegislative citizen member shall serve more than\ntwo consecutive four-year terms; however, the remainder of any term to which a\nmember is appointed to fill a vacancy shall not constitute a term in determining\nthe member’s eligibility for reappointment.\n\nC. The Board shall elect from its membership a chairman and vice-chairman. A\nmajority of the members of the Board shall constitute a quorum. Meetings of the\nBoard shall be limited to four per year and shall be held upon the call of the\nchairman or whenever the majority of the members so request.\n\nD. Members of the Board shall receive no compensation for their services but\nshall be reimbursed for all reasonable and necessary expenses incurred in the\nperformance of their duties as provided in §§ 2.2-2813 and 2.2-2825.\n\nHISTORY: 2020, cc. 1078, 1079.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}